SpaceX set for Falcon 9 Starlink mission Wednesday night from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX teams at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida are on track to launch a Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday with another batch of the company's Starlink internet satellites. Tune into FLORIDA TODAY's Space Team live coverage on launch day, beginning 90 minutes before liftoff.

Here's a look ahead at this week's Space Coast launch:

Launch Date: Wednesday, August 16
Company / Agency: Internal SpaceX mission
Mission: Starlink 6-10
Rocket: SpaceX Falcon 9
Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Launch Window: 8 p.m. EDT to midnight
Trajectory: Southeast
Weather: 25% “go” increases to 70% by end of window
Landing: Drone ship

About: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the company's latest batch of Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Weather considered iffy for launch:

Weather conditions around the Cape's Launch Complex 40 are expected to be iffy for Wednesday's launch window.

"Deep moisture and the southwest flow, will bring a high coverage of thunderstorms across East Central Florida onWednesday and Thursday," forecasters with Space Launch Delta 45 said in a report Monday. "The storms and associated cloud cover will likely persist into the opening of the window, and slowly dissipate as we approach midnight."

Should teams need it, other launch opportunities are available around the same time 24 hours later on Thursday, Aug. 17.

Quelle: Florida Today

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Update: 17.08.2023

STARLINK MISSION

On Wednesday, August 16 at 11:36 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

This was the 13th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, mPOWER-a, PSN SATRIA, and now five Starlink missions.